"Maialino is the ideal place to eat with someone who just recently stopped going below 14th Street. We aren’t saying it’s uncool - it’s just nice and wholesome-looking with its blue-and-white checkered tablecloths, and the menu has a bunch of pastas that pretty much everyone will like. This place is located in the bottom of the Gramercy Park Hotel, and it’s a good spot for your boss and a friend to eat some cacio e pepe while they talk about school districts." - bryan kim, chris stang